Re: [Debconf-team] The relationship between DIVA and SPI in terms of sponsorship money
> You're not sure if you're on the board? -- can you try to find a
> correct list of who is?
DIVA members are volunteers, I am leader or DebConf11 project and
therefor am part of the board. Dzemila Josic is the president of this
organization.
> What is the organisation's formal status? Is it incorporated as a
> company, or just an informal association? Is it registered as a
> "non-profit" organisation of some kind?
In the ministry of justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina it is registered
as "DIVA" non-profit/governmental organization.
> I'm not trying to be difficult, but these things are important to know
> before an official agreement to handle money for Debian. And in the
> UK or US non-profit organisations are typically restricted in what
> they can do with their money, based on their official registration
> documents.
I understand, no problem. There's no restrictions with what DIVA can
do with the money, unless if it's used to generate profit.
> For SPI/FFIS, the 'liaison' is a Debian person who is authorised to
> instruct that organisation to spend money. (The organisations want to
> know who they can accept instructions from, so they don't need to try
> to guess who won arguments!) That liaison should probably be a Debian
> member (so official DD), and it's probably better if there's a
> separation between (different people for) making decisions about money
> and actually giving the formal instructions for payments to be made.
DIVA authorizes me to be that person. Now I don't know if this is
going to represent problem for you since I am a DD, but not a official
one :) But either way I was planning to apply for position before
DebConf, unless I could do it the "fast" way and apply as
non-maintainer DD, which again wouldn't be correct as I am a
maintainer.
Adnan
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Moray Allan <moray@sermisy.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Adnan Hodzic <adnan@foolcontrol.org> wrote:
>>> Who is on the board of directors? What is its charter? Who does the
>>> board report to?
>>
>> Well since I was in this organization since its inception I believe
>> I'm on the board of directors as well. Everybody talks to each other
>> before any decision is being made there has to be a general agreement
>> among members, a consensus.
>
> You're not sure if you're on the board? -- can you try to find a
> correct list of who is?
>
> What is the organisation's formal status? Is it incorporated as a
> company, or just an informal association? Is it registered as a
> "non-profit" organisation of some kind?
>
> I'm not trying to be difficult, but these things are important to know
> before an official agreement to handle money for Debian. And in the
> UK or US non-profit organisations are typically restricted in what
> they can do with their money, based on their official registration
> documents.
>
>>> To give context about money-holding organizations, SPI and FFIS are
>>> both designed for softwae and information related purposes. Both have
>>> a formal relationship with Debian, and there is a Debian liason in the
>>> project to these organizations. Also, as an extra level of
>>> association, Debian Members work prominently in both of these
>>> organizations.
>>
>> For DIVA I personally would be that person.
>
> For SPI/FFIS, the 'liaison' is a Debian person who is authorised to
> instruct that organisation to spend money. (The organisations want to
> know who they can accept instructions from, so they don't need to try
> to guess who won arguments!) That liaison should probably be a Debian
> member (so official DD), and it's probably better if there's a
> separation between (different people for) making decisions about money
> and actually giving the formal instructions for payments to be made.
>
> --
> Moray
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